Disclosed herein is an alignment tool 1 for a pipe having a bore with a central axis. The tool 1 comprises a main body 22, 32 having one end 26 conforming with an open end of the pipe in use, and an opposite end 34 having mounted thereto a sighting means, wherein the sighting means is configured to discharge a sighting beam in use coaxially with the central axis of the pipe.

The invention relates generally to a system used to produce a prototype part and subsequently an accurate design specification for a fluid or gas handling system/hose and or tube assembly, followed by the subsequent communication of that specification into an ordering interface that processes the specification into a usable format as a means to accurately produce and re-create the original specification in a remote location by a specific manufacturing process, in order to supply the originator of the design an accurate, working part, produced in the specified materials in a rapid, convenient and cost effective manner. The process has global applications in various industries, markets and vehicle or machinery types, particularly where it is inconvenient or prohibitively expensive to have the work performed on-site by a technician.

A device and method of marking an elongated element for bending. A template is provided that has a body with a first end, an opposite second end, a first side edge, and a second side edge. The body also includes a concave surface that extends between the first end and the second end. Length indicia are disposed on the body adjacent the first straight side edge. Angle indicia are disposed on the body adjacent the first end. Utilizing a marker and the template, a start line and a finish line are marked onto the elongated element. Additionally, a guideline is marked on the elongated element that extends from the start line to the finish line. At least one bend is formed in the elongated element between the start line and the finish line. The bends progress along the marked guideline.

An apparatus for marking pipes at a plurality of cutting angles comprises a marking plate of adjustable length. The marking plate comprises a plurality of apertures and a plurality indicators. Each aperture is of a different size and configured to receive a pipe of a certain diameter through the marking plate. Each aperture is defined by a first half-circle side and a second half-circle side and the distance between the first half-circle side and the second half-circle side of each aperture varies according to the adjusted length of the marking plate. Also, the distance between the first half-circle side and the second half-circle side of each aperture corresponds to an angle of a pipe received through the marking plate. Indicators specify a diameter of a pipe received through the adjustable marking plate and the angle of the pipe with respect to the adjustable marking plate.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for forming orthogonal joints in conduits. The apparatus includes a first piece including a first plurality of curved openings and a second piece including a second plurality of curved openings. The apparatus includes a hinge configured to couple the first piece to the second piece and to enable the first and second pieces to be configurable in each of a closed position and an open position, where, when in the open position, the first piece is positioned adjacent to the second piece and, when in the closed position, the first and second pieces are configured to define a channel for receiving a conduit and each of the first plurality of curved openings is aligned with a corresponding one of the second plurality of curved openings. The apparatus further includes one or more magnets coupled to the first or the second piece.

A template for assisting in drilling holes in a countertop adjacent to a sink during a water faucet installation process. The template includes at least one plate segment. A bottom surface of the plate segment is configured to overly the countertop. A top surface of the plate segment defines at least one guide bore for guiding a rotary device during the formation of the hole. A drop flange extends downwardly from a front side of the at least one plate segment for engaging an edge of the countertop along the sink. The drop flange is spaced from a center of the at least one guide bore by a first distance in order to allow the hole to be drilled through the countertop along the at least one guide bore at the first distance away from the edge of the countertop.

The present invention discloses a center line planning device, comprising a fixed support, a movable support, said movable support connected to said fixed support in a movable form, the head end of the first connecting rod hinged on the fixed support, the head end of the second connecting rod hinged on the movable support, the tail end of the first connecting rod and the tail end of the second connecting rod hinged together, the length of the first connecting rod equal to the length of the second connecting rod; the hinge position between the tail end of the first connecting rod and the tail end of the second connecting rod provided with a marking tool. The present invention utilizes the principle of coincident median and altitude in an isosceles triangle to design said center line planning device that facilitates workers to identify and confirm the center lines of axial parts, such as square tubes and round tubes, so as to pave the way for further processing of the raw materials.

A scribe for measuring and marking pipe protrusions on a cabinet panel may include a foot designed to be positioned against a ground surface, the foot sized to accommodate placement of an end of an elongate rail therein; a housing sized to encircle a portion of the elongate rail; a pair of adjustment arms pivotably attached to the housing; a pipe measuring component slidably attached to each of the pair of adjustment arms; and a pipe return alignment protrusion extending from an outer surface of the housing, the pipe return alignment protrusion sized to accommodate an end of a pipe return line therein.

A bendable tube having pre-marked horizontal and vertical alignment guides which allow a user to form successive bends of the tube in the same plane. The horizontal and vertical alignment guides are coplanar with a horizontal plane and a vertical plane which axially bisect the tube and are perpendicular to each other. The horizontal and vertical alignment guides allow the tube to be precisely aligned within a bending apparatus, ensuring that the horizontal alignment guides remain coplanar with the horizontal plane when performing a horizontal bend, and that the vertical alignment guides remain coplanar with the vertical plane when performing a vertical bend.

Plumbers are often required to carry out various tasks on water pipes including measuring, cutting, bending, threading, joining, soldering and marking positions on pipes. Each of these activities requires the pipe to be held securely by the plumber (for instance in one hand, or under one foot, while the task itself is carried out using the free hand(s). The present invention is a tote tray provided with a clamp 15 connected to the open-top box, the clamp configured for releasably gripping a pipe 17. In this way, a plumber may place a pipe 17 within the clamp 15 and securely grip it therein, and may then carry out various types of work on the pipe 17 without the need to hold the pipe 17 manually in position. Once work on the pipe 17 has been completed, the user may release the clamp's grip on the pipe 17.